Staying at the Carlyle Suites next week and looking for a good breakfast place. Doesn't have to be a sit-down, full service affair although I'd love to have eggs benedict or a good omelet one day. Coffee, lox and bagels, coffee...did I mention coffee? LOL

Hopefully you locals have some ideas for me. Thanks!

I don't know exactly where that hotel is, but I like Luna Grill
http://www.lunagrillanddiner.com/

A lot of people seem to like Kramers Books and After words but I just thought it was okay. I'll have to try it again
http://www.kramers.com/index.cfm

Luna is about 1/4 mile south of the circle and Kramers is two doors or so north of it.

Places like Cosi and Lawson have inexpensive breakfast sandwiches

Last time we stayed in Dupont Circle, our concierge recommended Open City for a full breakfast, even though it was in Woodley Park.

http://www.opencitydc.com/ A hustle/bustle spot on one of the busiest and loveliest corners in the city. Good food, high urban energy.

Woodley Park also has another great breakfast spot--brunch at the Omni Shoreham, historic hotel, you can eat out in the stately gardens backing up to the park in nice weather, different atmosphere altogether even though its right across the street.

From Dupont Circle, take the Metro up one stop OR walk "up the hill" to Woodley Park, passing by the lovely embassy neighborhood of Kalarama on the way; I've done the latter many times, its about a 15 min walk, good prelude to breakfast on a nice day.

Your hotel (if it is the one I am remembering on N.H. Ave between R and S ?) is convenient to a neighborhood retail-restaurant strip on 17th between P and R streets. Cafe Luna on P near 17th, and Trio (diner-type menu) at 17th and Q might be worth a try for breakfast. Java House, across Q street from Trio, is the local coffee place.

I've never been to Open City so cant comment on the food, but it always has long lines on weekends. It picks up all the tourist/convention crowd from the hotels near it.

Kramer's is popular but can be pricey. Big hangout place. Luna Grill is good.

Crepes: I ate at your establishment near the Pantheon on Rue Soufflot last month.

There is one west of Dupont Circle on P Street

http://www.crepes-a-gogo.com/Home.html

I know it's a chain, but I LOVE Le Pain Quotidien. It's at 20th and P. I like the breads, and the jams and spreads are to die for. I have also always loved the omelets and open face sandwiches I've had there.

Well I will just be darned, vjpb, I didn't know there was another crepes a go go outside Paris. I will have to try it out. Thanks for posting the link.

kayd, glad you got to experience the original - the one on rue Soufflot is definitely the one from which I took my screen name. The Carlyle is most def on NH between R & S, so I will be exploring your recs.

tmagyari, thanks for posting your breakfast experiences. I loved the Woodley Park area when I was there two years ago and sounds like you did too!

My breakfast rec for DC isn't near Dupont Circle, but you said you were looking for eggs benedict. The best I have had in DC was at Old Ebbit's Grill, which is near the White House, an old "movers and shakers" landmark cafe. One of the additional benefits is that you nearly always see someone you recognize from one of the Sunday morning political TV shows, a member of Congress, etc. Here is a link to their menus for breakfast and brunch:

http://www.ebbitt.com/images/menus_p...t.pdf?20100312

From my trip report regarding breakfast at Kramer's Books and Old Ebbit Grill (on different days, of course).

The Afterwards Café - "We had brunch at Kramerbooks (no, not a coffee table book that becomes a coffee table) and The Afterwards Café and Grill located at the bookstore.

The brunch included delicious muffins, orange juice, fresh fruit, café potatoes, along with coffee or iced tea. The Brunch Quesadilla that Tracy and I ordered was $14.95. It consisted of eggs, roasted corn, scallions, mild green chiles and jack cheese in a flour tortilla (God, we ate a lot, but still did not gain a pound thanks to General Kim and Mary’s 10 mile-a-day walking regimen).

Kim had the $14.95 Porker’s Brunch (appropriately named for this group’s eating habits) that included bacon, eggs and sausage. Mary had the mushroom omelete, which amazingly came in at $14.95. It wasn’t cheap, but it was good."

Old Ebbit Grill - "As we exited the White House, the four of us had that one collective thought that so often defines our trips -- Hunger! Nearby the White House is, of course, The Old Ebbitt Grill, and soon we were ensconced in a booth.

We were not sheltered enough, however, to not notice the person at the booth kitty corner to us. Isn’t that Bill Brattan?” Tracy said.

Sure enough, the Los Angeles Chief of Police was sitting within shooting distance, but fortunately since I was not on any L.A. “Most Wanted List,” we all could eat in peace. In all truth, the Old Ebbitt breakfast was nothing to write home about, and we all thought it was overpriced, as well."

You could also walk up 18th Street to Adams Morgan (an interesting stroll) and go to the Diner, which is a local favorite. Trios at 17th and Q also has a reliable breakfast.